Willingham v. State

Decided June 17, 1954. Robert Tennent Simpson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

74 So. 2d 241 · Cited 60 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Phillips v. State · 28 So. 2d 542
• Wilson v. State · 8 So. 2d 422
• Miller v. Whittington · 80 So. 499
• Whiddon v. Malone · 124 So. 516
• Jarrell v. State · 36 So. 2d 336
• Kabase v. State · 12 So. 2d 766
• Maddox v. State · 159 Ala. 53
• Rowe v. State · 11 So. 2d 749
• Thaggard v. Vafes · 119 So. 647
• Snead v. State · 38 So. 2d 576
• Waller v. State · 4 So. 2d 911
• Bradford v. Birmingham Electric Co. · 149 So. 729

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• Espey v. State · 120 So. 2d 904
• Williams v. State · 383 So. 2d 547
• Carroll v. State · 370 So. 2d 749
• Allen v. State · 276 So. 2d 583
• Willingham v. State · 80 So. 2d 280
• Harnage v. State · 274 So. 2d 333
• Johnson v. State · 91 So. 2d 476
• Trahan v. State · 450 So. 2d 1102
• Twymon v. State · 358 So. 2d 1072
• Adair v. State · 288 So. 2d 187
• McLaughlin v. State · 586 So. 2d 267
• Gross v. State · 395 So. 2d 485
• Hooper v. State · 585 So. 2d 142
• Scott v. State · 624 So. 2d 230
• Lake v. State · 390 So. 2d 1088
• Wilkinson v. Duncan · 319 So. 2d 253
• Greathouse v. State · 624 So. 2d 202
• Burton v. State · 364 So. 2d 394
• Flournoy v. State · 120 So. 2d 124
• Bird v. State · 594 So. 2d 644
• Cartlidge v. State · 294 So. 2d 462

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